Miner&#39;s cap and lantern-holder.



v PATENTED 1330.18, 1906. w. A. LATTI'MORE & w. v. PARMLEY" MINBRSGAPAND LANTERN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1905.

m JYA UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. LATTIMORE AND WILLIAM V. PARMLEY, 'OF ST. CLAIR, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNORS TO LATTIMORE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A FIRM COMPOSED OF HARRYB. DAVIS, THOMAS E. FERREBEE, CHARLES E. BRECKONS, HARRIES L. DADDOW,AND

WALTER A. LATTIMORE.

IVIINERS CAP A ND LANTERN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Original application filedMarch 18,1905, Serial No. 250,792. Divided andthis application filed June 30,1906. Serial No- 267,729.

T0 on whom it may cancer-m.

Be it known that we, WALTER A. LATTI- MORE and WILLIAM V. PARMLEY,citizens of the United States, residing at St. Clair, Schuylkill county,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Miners Cap andLantern-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention, which is a division of a pending application,Serial No. 250,792, filed March 18, 1905, for a method of making minerscaps, consists of a novel construction of miners" caps in which adraw-string or equivalent device whereby the size of the .cap isadjusted is caused to be retained or concealed within a braid or tapestitched to the bottom of the cap. i

It further consists in novel means for providing a separate wall orpoint of attachment for an end of the draw-string which is preferably onthe inside -of the miners lan tern-holder secured'to the cap,-saidlanternholder being so constructed as to provide a means for winding orotherwise securing the end'of said draw-string or its equivalentthereon.

It'further consists of novel means for securing together the variousparts of the lantern-holder or attachment whereby the use of rivets isentirely eliminated and the cost of assembling-the parts greatlyreduced.

A further object of our invention is'the production of a combined minerscap, means for adjusting the sizes thereof, and means carried by thecap, as on thelantern-holder itself, coacting with the draw-string orequivalent device, whereby the size of the cap can be readily adjustedaccording to requirements.

To the above ends our invention consists, broadly, in a novelconstruction of miners lantern-holder, a cap, and a'draw-stringattachment therefor, all of which parts cooperate conjointly and whereinthe presence of each of these parts is indispensable to effect thenecessary operation or coaotion of the other parts. v

Our invention further consists of other novel features of construction,all as will be hereinafter fully set forth. I

equivalent device and the lantern-holder.

Fig. 3 represents afront elevation', partly in section, of Fig. 1, aportion of the parts being shown in section on line 2 2', Fig. 2. Fig. 4represents a section on line a; as, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a sectionon line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in thefigures. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the crown of the cap,consisting of the top 2 and side wall 3, stitched together, as at 4,this being preferably done while the cap is turned inside out, atwhich-time the vizor 5 is stitched to the lower portion of the side wall3. The vizor-c0ver 6 is now stitched on so that when the cap is turnedright-side out the different lines of stitching will not show on theouter side of the cap. The lower edge of the side wall 3 is now turnedup on. the outside and a piece of braid or tape 7 secured in position,preferably by employing a two-needle sewing-machine, whereby thestitches 8 and 9 are formed simultaneously and at the same timethedraw-string 10 is secured in position, as indicated in Figs. 1 to 3,inclusive. As will be apparent from Fig. 3, the termini 11 of the braidor tape? are preferably about in the middle of the cap, although ofcourse they may terminate elsewhere. In practice one end of thedraw-string 10 is preferably attached or stitched to a suitable portionof the cap or other point, as indicated at 12, while the other free endis secured after the desired adjustment has been effected to a suitablefixed point or abutment, as 13, which is preferably upon the interior ofthe lantern-holder, fixture, or other attachment 14. In the preferredembodiment of our invention the lantern-holder 14 consists of aforwardly-extending base portion 15, which is preferably made of metaland from which extends at a suitable angle the upright or front piece16. The outer edges of the basepiece and the upward extension arebeaded, as indicated at 17, and serve to retain in position theauxiliary strip of sound-deadening or stiffening material 18. Thismaterial 18 is preferably constructed of a suitable fiber, which becomessoft after exposure to the damp air in the mines where these devicesusually are employed, said fiber also adding to the strength of thelight metal 15. As will be seen in Fig. 1, the fiber 18 after extendingupwardly is deflected in a lateral direction, so as to form the toppiece 19, which is secured to the cap by rivets or suitablefastening'devices 20, while the base-piece 15 is secured to the vizor byrivets or suitable fastening devices 21.

22 designates an eye in the top piece, said eye being located forwardlyof the cap at any convenient or desired point and being adapted for thereception of the shank of the lantern-hook usually employed, said shankbeing prevented from improper movement by means of the slot 23, locatedin a suitable portion of the top piece.

In the present construction the strip 24, in which slot 23 is contained,is made, preferably, of metal and is located upon the exterior portionof the top piece 19 and projects downwardly, as indicated at 25. Thepreferred manner of assembling these parts will be understood from Figs.2 and 3, wherein instead of the rivets heretofore employed we puncturethe metal 16, as indicated, at two points 26 and secure the portion 24in position by means of the downwardly and inturned flanges 27, as seenin Figs. 1 and 4, thereby effecting a great saving in rivets.

As is well known to those skilled in the art or having familiarity withthe action of the damp air of mines upon caps and the like, miners capsinvariably shrink to a great extent by reason of this damp air underground or from perspiration, the amount of shrinkage sometimes beingseveral sizes. By employment of our novel device comprising the cap,lantern-holder, and draw-string assembled in the preferred mannerexplained, whereby the size of the cap can be speedily adjustedaccording to requirements, it Will be manifest that the size of the capcan be readily varied and a miner can purchase a cap several sizeslarger than his head and adjust it according to requirements. It will beapparent that while we have shown and described the adjusting device asbeing a cord the same can be a strip of braid or tape, or any otherequivalent device can be used.

So far as we are aware we are the first in the art to produce as aconcrete unitary device a miners cap having the adjusting device appliedthereto in conjunction with the lantern-holder having a portion thereofadapted to coact with said adjusting device whereby the desired resultsare obtained.

Various changes may be made by those skilled in the art which may comewithin the scope of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a miners lanternholder, a miners cap therefor,means for adjusting the size of said cap, and a securing device for saidmeans carried by said lanternholder.

2. The combination of a miners cap, a lantern-holder therefor, a (llflA-string carried by said cap for adjusting the size of the latter, and anabutment on said lanternholder to which said draw-string may be secured.

3. The combination of a miners cap, a lantern-holder therefor,comprising a basepiece, a front piece, a laterally-extending top piece,having an eye and slot therein, means for adjusting the size of saidcap, and a fastening device for said means on said lanternholder.

4. A lantern-holder for a miners cap, comprising a basepiece, an uprightextension thereof constituting a front piece, an auxiliary uprightpiece, adjacent said front piece, and secured thereto, the top of saidauxiliary piece being deflected laterally, and a piece on said top pieceand secured thereto by inwardly-turned flanges, said top piece having aneye and a slot for the reception of the lantern-hook.

5. The combination of a miners cap, a lantern-holder therefor, a stripsecured to the base of said cap a draw-string within said strip forenabling the size of said cap to be adjusted, one end of saiddraw-string being secured to a fixed point, and an abutment on saidlantern-holder, whereby the other end of said string may be secured inadjusted position.

6. The combination of a miners cap, a top piece made of metal and fiber,the flanges of the metal of said top piece being downwardly and inwardlyturned and engaging said fiber on its under side and said top pieceprojecting from said cap and having an eye and slot therein, a frontpiece composed of fiber and separate metal from that of the metal of thetop piece, the edges of the last side metal engaging the first-mentionedmetal, and means for securing said top piece to said cap.

7. A lantern-holder for a miners cap comprising a base-piece, an uprightfront piece, an auxiliary piece adjacent said front piece and deflectedto form a top piece, a metallic strip 24 on said top piece, the latterhaving an eye therein adapted for the shank of a lantern-hook, and meansfor preventing said lantern-hook from. lateral swinging.

8. The combination of a cap, a miners lantern-holder therefor, means forsecuring said lantern-holder to said cap, a draw-string I constitutingan adjusting device on said cap for varying the size of the latter andmeans on said lantern-ho1der for securing an end of said adjustingdevice in desired position.

9. The combination of a miners cap hav' laterally from said uprightportion, said top piece having an eye and a slot therein.

10. The combination of a cap, a miners lantern-holder therefor, means tosecure said lantern-holder to said cap, a draw-string conj stituting anadjusting device on said cap for varying the size of the latter, andmeans for j securing the end of said adjustingdevice in the desiredposition behind the holder in proximity thereto and adapted to be pro'tected by the holder.

I 11. The combination of a cap, a miners lantern-holder therefor, meansfor securing said lantern-holder to said cap, a draw-string.

constituting the adjusting device on said cap for varying the size ofthe latter, and means removed from the body of the cap for securing theends of said adjusting device in the desired position.

WALTER A. LATTIMORE. WILLIAM v. PARMLEY.

Witnesses:

H. L. DADDOW, H. W. BROWN.

